| Mar 23, 2022 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / FarmingRarely a week goes by without police or other public officials warning about so-called “fentanyl-laced” weed. Upon closer inspection, there’s little if any truth behind these sensational claims. A case in point: Police in Brattleboro, Vermont recently generated...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedLong used to cheap gas at the pump, Americans are experiencing serious sticker shock these days. News headlines link this sharp increase to Russia’s war on Ukraine. But that assumes oil companies have no control over the price of oil — that high prices stem...
| Mar 16, 2022 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyCongress recently announced a bipartisan budget deal to fund the federal government through 2022. It’s a lopsided budget if there ever was one. Even after America’s longest war in Afghanistan ended last year, military spending isn’t going down. In fact, it’s...
| Feb 9, 2022 | Environment / Health|HP Featured|Peace / SecurityAs the highly transmissible Omicron variant continues to spread, hospitals across the country have reported critical staff shortages. In my home state of New Mexico, nearly half of all hospitals are understaffed, and more could be soon. The U.S. health care system has...
| | Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedWhen you work on climate, the news can often feel like one step forward, two steps back. But lately, ordinary people have been winning big victories to protect their communities — and our planet. Last November, for example, President Biden announced at the UN climate...
| Feb 2, 2022 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedThere has been a Jekyll and Hyde quality to American health care over the past two years. One the one hand, the federal government has been actively intervening to help people avoid COVID-19 or recover from it. On the other, it’s standing by as Americans struggle with...
